Album Reviews

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The future of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal has arrived by way of two recent releases. Newsted and Beasto Blanco. In 2013 Jason Newsted (Metallica, Flotsam and Jetsam) returned to his roots with his release simply entitled HEAVY METAL MUSIC. This is the epitome of what heavy metal should be. […]

When I initially listened to the first track, “Don’t Wanna” off Scary Cherry and the Bang Bangs’ album Girl, I liked it a lot. I thought it was raucous, fun as hell, feminine-tinged punk rock… but nothing I hadn’t really heard before. As I listened to the rest of the […]

Upon first listen, it’s obvious why the name Thought Chamber sounds a lot like Dream Theater. While there is little shred guitar, the vocals and drums are successfully modern prog, in the boringly overwrought way, and the synthesizers are specifically irritating. I love prog, but this is a band in […]

What a happy little song this is! As a fan of vintage pop music (the 60’s in particular) I really enjoyed this summery track. Quite a bit more upbeat than a few of the other tracks I sampled on The Rebel Light’s SoundCloud page, it embodies the soul of a […]

I am a little late to the party on this one, as this debut EP for Murder Party was released in January, but it is still worth a review, even if it is a bit late. First off, Murder Party consists of Tommy Gun on vocals/guitar, Chubby McCarlson on bass/vocals, […]

When I got this album, A Date with the Everly Brothers, by The Chapin Sisters in the mail, I was excited to hear it; I opened it and popped it in the CD player so I could hear a snippet while I drove. I scanned through some songs I wanted […]

There’s this great band from Chicago called The Lat Vegas. They are a little glam, and a whole lot rock. But before they came into the world of dirty rock music, there was The Nastys. Danny Smash and Chad Cherry of The Last Vegas were in The Nastys together. Chad […]

I have been, and always will be, a fan of punk rock. The sloppier the better. Although Voice of Addiction is far from sloppy, in fact they are pretty tight. This doesn’t keep me from labeling them my kind of punk! They have a great beat, the kind that makes […]

In 2002 a really killer song hit the airwaves that had some people thinking it was just a joke, and others believing the 80’s had returned. That song was ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love.’ It was an awesome, loud and proud song with the sounds of the best […]

What do Clay Aiken, Cyndi Lauper, Patti LuPone and Dee Snider have in common? Not much, right? I mean they all sing. Oh, and they sing together on Dee Snider’s new album. Yeah, right, one of these things doesn’t belong. So lets start at the top. In case you have […]

The first thing that stood out to me about this CD jumped out before I even got it into my player! The packaging is made from recyclable materials. The CD was held onto its clever case by a piece of cork too! I love it. All CD’s should come in […]

Folk-like singer/songwriter, Annalise Emerick has a fresh sound and vocals that aren’t cookie-cutter like many of the laid-back sounds of folk-pop. Her music is dreamy and sleepy at times, lulling you into a beautifully relaxed state. Later it is energetic and makes you want to move some. Like the difference […]

White Widow, aka Carla Patullo, has some very strong vocals. Think Pat Benatar for the new millenium. This 8 song disc (with 2 short intro tracks thrown in) is the soundtrack for an animated short film- too bad I didn’t get that to review too! This soundtrack is musical, driven, […]

When I first popped the disc Neon Life by Dashboard Madonna into my CD player, I heard music smooth as butter on silk, but without the clean-up. With primarily soft and relaxed, though upbeat, vocals and instrumentals the album is easy to listen to—highly digestible and not unpleasant, but not […]

In the late 1970’s Alice Cooper entered a sanitarium in an effort to end his abuse of alcohol. The following album, From the Inside, was about his stay as was the tour that followed. The live performance on The Strange Case of Alice Cooper captures the April 9, 1979 performance […]